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\"We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our backend engineering team. This role focuses on designing and delivering high-throughput, low-latency, and resilient services that power mission-critical data processing pipelines. You will work closely with architecture, DevOps, and product teams to build scalable systems that support millions of transactions daily.


Key Responsibilities



  • Design, implement, and optimize backend services handling high-volume data flows with strict performance and reliability requirements.

  • Develop Java-based components using modern frameworks (Spring/Spring Boot or equivalent).

  • Build and maintain asynchronous and event-driven workflows using messaging systems such as MQ/Kafka/RabbitMQ.

  • Implement performance tuning, profiling, and observability to support sub-second latency and 99.99% availability goals.

  • Drive solutioning and system designs for new features, integrations, and platform enhancements across distributed systems.

  • Ensure service robustness through automated testing (unit, integration, load tests) and CI/CD workflows.

  • Apply secure-by-design principles, including threat modeling, safe data handling, API hardening, and least-privilege access.

  • Implement and support authentication and authorization patterns (e.g., OAuth2, mTLS, JWT, service-to-service auth).

  • Participate in architecture reviews, offering technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.

  • Diagnose and resolve complex production issues across infrastructure, code, and messaging layers.

  • Enhance platform reliability via improved logging, monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling.


Required Qualifications



  • 5+ years of hands-on backend development experience in large-scale, high-throughput environments.

  • Strong proficiency in Java (Java 8+, multithreading, concurrency libraries, performance optimization).

  • Solid understanding of Linux fundamentals (filesystem, networking basics, shell operations, performance tools).

  • Extensive experience with Message Queue systems (IBM MQ, Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, etc.).

  • Deep knowledge of asynchronous programming, non-blocking IO patterns, and event-driven system design.

  • Good understanding of modern network protocols, including:

  • HTTP/2 (multiplexing, header compression, flow control, performance benefits)

  • Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling, including:

  • Jenkins

  • Chef Infra / Chef Habitat

  • Terraform

  • PCF CLI

  • Demonstrated ability to design scalable system architectures and evaluate design trade-offs.

  • Basic understanding of Authentication/Authorization concepts and secure communication patterns.

  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) is an asset.

  • Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and performance-profiling skills.


Preferred Qualifications



  • Experience in financial services, real-time scoring, risk systems, or other low-latency domains.

  • Exposure to observability stacks (Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

  • Knowledge of DevOps practices, automation, and additional IaC tools.

  • Hands-on understanding of reliability engineering (circuit breakers, retries, backpressure, failover strategies).

  • Ability to lead complex technical initiatives and drive cross-team alignment.


What We Look For



  • A strong ownership mindset with a passion for delivering secure, high-quality, and resilient services.

  • Ability to influence architecture, mentor engineers, and uplift engineering standards.

  • Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. \"

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